/**
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Bruno Dumas (bruno.dumas -at- unifr.ch), DIVA group, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
 * version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
 * details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package it.unina.lab.xml;

import java.io.Serializable;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public abstract class XmlGeneric implements Serializable {

	private XmlGeneric parent = null;

	public void setParent(XmlGeneric parent){
		this.parent = parent;
	}

	public XmlGeneric getParent(){
		return this.parent;
	}

	public abstract String getName();

	public abstract void addElement(XmlGeneric element) throws HephaisTKParsingException;

	public abstract void addAttribute(String name, String value) throws HephaisTKParsingException;

	public String toString(){
		return toString(0);
	}

	public abstract String toString(int indent);

	public abstract void addCData(String cData);

}
